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    Virtues of a Perfect Bride by Chris Mount English 101 Dr. Mary Ann Kohli October 12‚ 2001 Chris Mount Dr. Mary Ann Kohli Eng 101 October 11‚ 2001 Virtues of a Perfect Bride In Dandin ’s "The Perfect Bride‚" Saktikumara is searching for patience‚ creativity and a good sense of other virtues in a wife along with her beauty. The definition of virtue is as follows: moral excellence and righteousness; goodness and an example or kind of moral excellence. Saktikumara is looking for a wife to do the daily

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    Why is the Mountain Lion such an important animal? Mountain lions‚ also known as cougars‚ panthers‚ or pumas‚ are highly efficient predators. These cats have a wide range throughout the Western states‚ and populations are increasing. An individual cat’s range depends on food availability. Thus‚ a range can vary from 10 to 370 square miles. Male lions weigh up to 165 pounds and grow to more than eight feet in length. Females weigh about 100 pounds. Female lions generally first reproduce at about

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    Omar Malas AAPTIS 381 Professor Legassick Kalila wa Dimna The Lion and the Ox is a one of the oldest and most popular pieces of classic Arabic literature. Originally from India‚ this animal fable is famous for its inclusion of many other animal fables‚ each of which help provide the characters of the story with advice regarding their situation. Unlike The Arabian Nights‚ which also uses a frame tale that contains each tale‚ multiple animals share their wisdom with one another. The wisdom of

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    September 26‚ 2013 Exploratory Essay Human trafficking and mail order brides are big phenomenons in the world that people don’t really think about. People suffer from abuse‚ physically and mentally‚ being forced to do service that they do not want to do and by being oblivious to the people that they will encounter. Human trafficking is a form of slavery‚ known as “modern day slavery.” Trafficking consists of labor‚ domestic‚ and sexual work. There are approximately 2.4 million victims of human

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    Cecil the Lion: A few months ago‚ a terrible crime happened. A lion called Cecil was murdered in a barbaric manner to please the hunters. This happened right on the outskirts of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. Cecil the Lion was lured out of the National Park by a dentist called Walter Palmer and his hunting party‚ who had tied a dead animal to a vehicle outside of the National Park boundaries. Even though the lion was injured from the first encounter with the hunters‚ the party continued to

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    Child Brides in India

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    Shaymaa Nagud Sociology 364 12/08/11 Child Brides in India In many societies‚ marriage is a celebrated institution commemorating the union between two consenting adults and the beginning of their lives together. However‚ this experience and celebration is different for the millions of girls around the world who are forced to wed while still children‚ some not even yet teenagers. Child marriage is a marriage that occurs between two people where one or two of the partners is under 18. While

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    in the skin of a lion

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    Michael Ondaatje’s novel‚ In the Skin of a Lion‚ can be said to have textual integrity as a result of the way in which the composer has shaped this novel‚ through a variety of techniques employed. Textual integrity itself can be said to embody a timelessness in literature: that is‚ good literature is shaped by its textual integrity‚ reflected in the ways in which values within a text are presented‚ as well as the universality of themes discussed. Setting exists in three spheres that are often seen

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    Bride Burning Essay

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    Bride Burning: A Global Problem Bride burning is a form of domestic violence that is practiced mainly in India‚ Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is estimated that many hundreds‚ and probably thousands‚ of brides are killed in this way each year. However bride burning is traditionally under-reported so it is very difficult to determine the exact figures. In all the countries concerned‚ government action is being taken to try to limit the number of bride burning deaths each year‚ but the problem is that

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    Lion King

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    The Lion King The Lion King is a movie about growing up‚ overcoming life’s obstacles and learning how to take charge of your responsibilities. When I was younger watching this movie I saw it as a cute movie about a lion and his family. Now‚ when I watch this movie as an adult I know it has a deeper meaning. It is a movie that not only displays the hardships of maturation‚ and the perplexities associated with growing but it is also a movie that deals with the search for one’s identity and

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    Bride burning in the Hindu religion is a hideous custom enforced by the Brahmin priests to eradicate non-Brahmin women‚ in order to destroy the non-Brahmin races. Other methods used are wife-burning‚ sati or widow-burning‚ jauhar‚ and witch burning. Most of these murders are passed off or regarded as kitchen fires and are never brought to justice. This is a result of the low status of women in India who are viewed more as personnel property that can be disposed of at anytime. About eighty percent

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